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Standard usage of X.509 certificate attributes and extensions will promote the interoperability of grid infrastructures. Relying parties will be better able to understand certificate policy documents, and be in a better position to make trust decisions about certificate authorities. Aligning grid CA practices with industry practice may allow
existing PKI’s, or PKI’s now developing independently, to use grid infrastructures, and grid certificates to be used in other applications. Accordingly, standardization of certain attributes and extensions of X.509 v3 certificates is discussed. An appendix describes some existing infrastructures.